It Ain't What You Do (it's the Way That You Do It): Modulating the Host Response in Sepsis.

AnaesthesiaEarly View Editorial It ain't what you do (it's the way that you do it): modulating the host response in sepsis Jonathan E. Millar, Jonathan E. Millar orcid.org/0000-0002-4853-9377 jemillarni Baillie-Gifford Pandemic Science Hub, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Intensive Care Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UKSearch for more papers by this authorAnnemarie B. Docherty, Corresponding Author Annemarie B. Docherty [email protected] abdocherty79 Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Intensive Care Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to: Annemarie B. Docherty Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Jonathan E. Millar, Jonathan E. Millar orcid.org/0000-0002-4853-9377 jemillarni Baillie-Gifford Pandemic Science Hub, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Intensive Care Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UKSearch for more papers by this authorAnnemarie B. Docherty, Corresponding Author Annemarie B. Docherty [email protected] abdocherty79 Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Intensive Care Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Correspondence to: Annemarie B. Docherty Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 15 May 2024 https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16314 1 Baillie-Gifford Pandemic Science Hub, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2 Intensive Care Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK 3 Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 4 Intensive Care Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK This editorial accompanies an article by Robey et al., Anaesthesia 2024; https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.16263. 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